33/35
The film was screened by the nuns of Mother Cabrini' ;s order, some of whom were in their nineties
Synopsis
After witnessing disease and poverty in the slums of New York, Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini embarks on a daring journey to persuade the hostile mayor to provide housing and healthcare for hundreds of orphaned children.. By the end of the film, many of them were reported to be crying with several of them exclaiming, "THAT'S Cabrini!".
Cabrini: We can serve our weakness or we can serve our purpose
Archbishop Corrigan was not the son of poor working class Irish immigrants in New York City. Corrigan was born in New Jersey to Irish immigrant parents who owned a retail grocery and liquor business in Newark and were well-to-do..
Dare To BePerformed by Andrea Bocelli and Virginia Bocelli
Not both.. Featured in The Glenn Beck Program: Is 'Cabrini' the BEST Christian film since 'The Passion of the Christ?' (2024).
This is one of those demanding emotional performances that takes a very talented actress to excel inOf course there are other impressive supporting performances I mentioned John Lithgow and David Morse another standout is Romana Maggiora Vergano who plays Vittoria a young prostitute Cabrini brings into her fold who turns out to be her greatest supporter when the nun is at her lowest ebbI can recommend Cabrini it tells a little known inspirational story of a woman who despite chronic ill health and broken English uses her entrepreneurial mind to build an empire of hope unlike anything the world had ever seenI did think the film score was a bit over the top and over sentimental at times written by Gene Back there were moments which reminded me of Wagner’s orchestral fantasies but it’s effective and doesn’t intrude on the movieThere’s a treat for opera fans also in Cabrini with Rolando Villazón cast as a famous opera singer in Cabrini’s orbit plus a brand new song titled Dare to Be from Andrea Bocelli, sang with his daughter Virginia
My Review – Cabrini My Rating 8/10 In Cinemas now I was a little surprised at how much I enjoyed Cabrini I was thinking it might be full of Catholic dogma but it's not.In fact some of the biggest obstacles that Frances Cabrini the first United States citizen to have been canonized a saint by the Catholic Church came from the male dominated church hierarchy from the Cardinals to the Pope.It’s an amazing story of an Italian woman’s strength and faith to help orphan children while battling ethnic and gender discrimination .These hungry Italian orphan children whose parents have died of disease live less of a life than the rats that infest The Five Points a 19th century neighborhood in Lower Manhattan New York .They are forced to seek warmth and shelter in the underground steam pipes at night.Maria Francesca Cabrini and the Italian nuns that have followed her to New York eventually open an orphanage much to the displeasure of New York Mayor Gould played by John Lithgow .Archbishop Corrigan of New York played by David Morse place obstacles in the nuns way not wanting to anger the Mayor or the affluent citizens that see the Italians as scum or wops as they called them.The Archbishop eventually helps Cabrini find a home for her charges when she and the orphans are evicted from the fashionable district they rent premises in an effort to keep her quiet.However as Cabrin’s health and strength decline due to a post TB condition she meets more obstacles when attempting to open a desperately needed hospital after a devastating factory explosion kills many immigrant adults and children.Cabrini is skilfully directed by Mexican director Alejandro Gomez Monteverde who also directed the superb 2023 docu drama Sound of Freedom.Cristiana Dell'Anna is an Italian actress who I haven't seen before she is wonderful in the role of Sister Cabrini.
